African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Pocillopora damicornis (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Pocillopora damicornis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Pocillopora damicornis

AphiaID

206953 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206953)

Classification

Status

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Rank

Species

Parent

Pocillopora Lamarck, 1816

Original name

Millepora damicornis Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymised names

Acropora damicornis (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Madrepora damicornis (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Millepora damicornis Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)

Pocillopora caespitosa laysanensis Vaughan, 1907 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Pocillopora caespitosa stylophoroides Vaughan, 1907 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Pocillopora caespitosa tumida Vaughan, 1907 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Pocillopora cespitosa Dana, 1846 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Pocillopora cespitosa f. laysanensis Vaughan, 1907 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Pocillopora cespitosa f. stylophoroides Vaughan, 1907 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Pocillopora cespitosa f. tumida Vaughan, 1907 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Pocillopora damicornis caespitosa Dana, 1846 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Pocillopora damicornis var. caespitosa Dana, 1846 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Pocillopora damicornis var. cespitosa Dana, 1846 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Pocillopora diomedeae Vaughan, 1906 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Pocillopora favosa Ehrenberg, 1834 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Pocillopora lacera Verrill, 1869 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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Subspecies Pocillopora damicornis bulbosa Ehrenburg, 1834 accepted as Pocillopora acuta Lamarck, 1816 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Subspecies Pocillopora damicornis caespitosa Dana, 1846 accepted as Pocillopora damicornis (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Variety Pocillopora damicornis var. caespitosa Dana, 1846 accepted as Pocillopora damicornis (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Variety Pocillopora damicornis var. cespitosa Dana, 1846 accepted as Pocillopora damicornis (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Millepora damicornis Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

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Descriptive notes

Description Colonies are branched, usually less than 30 cm tall. The species is distinguished from other species by having thinner...

Description Colonies are branched, usually less than 30 cm tall. The species is distinguished from other species by having thinner branches and less regular verrucae. While small, regular verrucae exist, most of the protuberances are irregular and, are often not true verrucae at all but are more like incipient branches. As a result, Pocillopora damicornis exhibits greater branching than does P. verrucosa. Pocillopora damicornis occurs at all depths between the surface and 40 m deep or more, and is particularly abundant between 5 to 20 m. It is equally abundant in lagoonal areas and clear water reef slopes. Commonly forms monospecific, densely packed stands many tens of metres across in water 5 -10 m deep. The main habitat where it is not common is where exposure is high. By virtue of its wide depth range and its geographic distribution from this region to the Pacific coast of central America, it is a candidate for the most abundant coral species (Sheppard, 1998).
Verrucae and branches intergrade. Branches may be fine and widely separated (in calm environments) to very compact (on upper reef slopes). Colour: Pale brown, greenish or pink. Abundance: Very common. Occurs in all shallow-water habitats from wharf piles and mangrove swamps to exposed reef fronts (Veron, 1986).
A finer species than P. verrucosa, in which the verrucae often are as big as the branches and the corallites 0.8-1 mm across. Colour: varies from pink to green, brown or pale straw. Habitat: reef flats and shallow water substrates (Richmond, 1997). [details]

Taxonomic citation

Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Pocillopora damicornis (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206953 on 2024-10-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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1996-10-25 12:24:58Z

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Vanden Berghe, Edward

2000-09-13 07:19:12Z

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Garcia, Maria

2008-01-16 10:35:54Z

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van der Land, Jacob

2014-03-28 10:52:19Z

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Hoeksema, Bert

2022-05-10 10:52:12Z

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Hoeksema, Bert

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original description (of Pocillopora favosa Ehrenberg, 1834) Ehrenberg, C. G. (1834). Beiträge zur physiologischen Kenntniss der Corallenthiere im allgemeinen, und besonders des rothen Meeres, nebst einem Versuche zur physiologischen Systematik derselben. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin. 1: 225-380., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29725862 [details]

original description (of Pocillopora damicornis caespitosa Dana, 1846) Dana, J.D. (1846-1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia. 7: 1-740, 61 pls. (1846: 1-120, 709-720; 1848: 121-708, 721-740; 1849: atlas pls. 1-61)., available online at http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/navigation/ScientificText/USExEx19_08select.cfm [details]

original description (of Pocillopora cespitosa Dana, 1846) Dana, J.D. (1846-1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia. 7: 1-740, 61 pls. (1846: 1-120, 709-720; 1848: 121-708, 721-740; 1849: atlas pls. 1-61)., available online at http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/navigation/ScientificText/USExEx19_08select.cfm [details]

original description (of Millepora damicornis Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Pocillopora lacera Verrill, 1869) Verrill AE. (1869). Synopsis of the polyps and corals of the North Pacific Exploring Expedition, under Commodore C. Ringgold and Capt. John Rodgers, U.S.N., from 1853 to 1856. Collected by Dr. Wm. Stimpson, Naturalist to the Expedition. Communications of the Essex Institute, Salem. 6 (1): 51-104, pls. 1-2., available online at https://doi.org/10.1086/270634 [details]

original description (of Pocillopora damicornis var. caespitosa Dana, 1846) Dana, J.D. (1846-1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia. 7: 1-740, 61 pls. (1846: 1-120, 709-720; 1848: 121-708, 721-740; 1849: atlas pls. 1-61)., available online at http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/navigation/ScientificText/USExEx19_08select.cfm [details]

original description (of Pocillopora diomedeae Vaughan, 1906) Vaughan TW (1906) Report on the scientific results of the expedition to the eastern tropical Pacific. VI Madreporaria. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 50: 59-72, pls. 1-10. [details]

original description (of Pocillopora cespitosa f. tumida Vaughan, 1907) Vaughan TW. (1907). Recent Madreporaria of the Hawaiian Islands and Laysan. US National Museum Bulletin. 59 (9): 1-427. [details]

original description (of Pocillopora cespitosa f. laysanensis Vaughan, 1907) Vaughan TW. (1907). Recent Madreporaria of the Hawaiian Islands and Laysan. US National Museum Bulletin. 59 (9): 1-427. [details]

original description (of Pocillopora cespitosa f. stylophoroides Vaughan, 1907) Vaughan TW. (1907). Recent Madreporaria of the Hawaiian Islands and Laysan. US National Museum Bulletin. 59 (9): 1-427. [details]

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additional source Ulstrup, K. E.; Ralph, P. J.; Larkum, A. W. D.; Kühl, M. (2006). Intra-colonial variability in light acclimation of zooxanthellae in coral tissues of Pocillopora damicornis. Marine Biology, 149, 1325-1335
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additional source Lasker, H. R. (1983). Vegetative reproduction in the octocoral Briareum asbestinum (Pallas). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 72, 157-169
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additional source Reimer, J. D.; Ono, S.; Furushima, Y.; Tsukahara, J. (2007). Seasonal changes in morphological condition of symbiotic dinoflagellates (Symbiodinium spp.) in Zoanthus sansibaricus (Anthozoa: Hexacorallia) in southern Japan. South Pacific Sudies, 27(2): 1-23
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additional source Reimer, J. D.; Ono, S.; Iwama, A.; Tsukahara, J.; Maruyama, T. (2006). High levels of morphological variation despite close genetic relatedness between Zoanthus aff. vietnamensis and Zoanthus kuroshio (Anthozoa: Hexacorallia). Zoological Science, 23, 755-761
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additional source Grigg, R. W. (1981). Acropora in Hawaii. Part 2. Zoogeography. Pacific Science, 35(1): 15-24
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additional source Benayahu, Y.; Achituv, Y.; Berner, T. (1988). Embryogenesis and acquisition of algal symbionts by planulae of Xenia umbellata (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea). Marine Biology, 100, 93-101
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Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Cotype (of Pocillopora cespitosa f. laysanensis Vaughan, 1907) USNM 20871, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Cotype (of Pocillopora cespitosa f. stylophoroides Vaughan, 1907) USNM 20852, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype (of Pocillopora damicornis var. caespitosa Dana, 1846) MSI C-348 [details]

Nontype (of Pocillopora damicornis var. caespitosa Dana, 1846) MSI C-433, geounit Philippines Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype (of Pocillopora damicornis caespitosa Dana, 1846) AHF 3.1 [details]

Nontype (of Pocillopora damicornis caespitosa Dana, 1846) AHF 3.2, geounit Ecuadorean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype (of Pocillopora damicornis caespitosa Dana, 1846) AHF 3.3, geounit Ecuadorean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype (of Pocillopora lacera Verrill, 1869) AHF 4.1, geounit Ecuadorean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype (of Pocillopora lacera Verrill, 1869) AHF 4.2, geounit Panamanian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype HLD X2: 127-1, geounit Indian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype HLD X2: 127-13, geounit Indian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype HLD X2: 127-19, geounit Indian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype HLD X2: 127-23, geounit Indian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype HLD X2: 136-24, geounit Indian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype IGPS 40187, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype IGPS 40190, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype IGPS 40200, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype IGPS 40235, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype MSI C-1013 [details]

Nontype MSI C-489 [details]

Nontype MSI C-622 [details]

Nontype MSI C-692 [details]

Nontype NMSR 8541, geounit Yemeni Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype NMSR 8865, geounit Tanzanian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype NMSR 8866, geounit Tanzanian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype NMSR I/350/E3 [details]

Nontype NMSR I/388/E3 [details]

Nontype NMSR I/425/E3 [details]

Nontype NMSR I/461/E3 [details]

Nontype NMSR I/494/E3 [details]

Nontype NMSR I/517/E3 [details]

Nontype NMSR I/559/E3 [details]

Nontype NMSR I/560/E3 [details]

Nontype NMSR K 1 [details]

Nontype WAM 100-73, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype WAM 101-73, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype WAM 114-58, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype WAM 115-58, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype WAM 116-58 [details]

Nontype WAM 122-81, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype WAM 127-81, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype WAM 132-78, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype WAM 133-78, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype WAM 167-83, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype WAM 169-77, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype WAM 170-77 [details]

Nontype WAM 170-77, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype WAM 171-77, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype WAM 1-72, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype WAM 181-73, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype WAM 18-59, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype WAM 199-73, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype WAM 200-73, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype WAM 201-73, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype WAM 202-73, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype WAM 21-73, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype WAM 22-88, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype WAM 240-74, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype WAM 28-59, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype WAM 357-78, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype WAM 36-73, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype WAM 394-80, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype WAM 428-81, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype WAM 510-84, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype WAM 520-85, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype WAM 521-85, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype WAM 522-85, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype WAM 523-85, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype WAM 524-85, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype WAM 526-85, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype WAM 527-85, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype WAM 528-85, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype WAM 529-85, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype WAM 530-85, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype WAM 531-85, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype WAM 554-79, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype WAM 557-79, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype WAM 57-73, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype WAM 58-85, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype WAM 59-72, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype WAM 64-81, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype WAM 696-81, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype WAM 700-86, geounit Ashmore-Cartier Is. [details]

Nontype WAM 78-85, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype WAM 84-74, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype WAM 91-73, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype WAM 92-73, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype WAM 94-73, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype WAM 95-73, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype WAM, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Syntype (of Pocillopora diomedeae Vaughan, 1906) MCZ, geounit Chilean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Unknown type (of Pocillopora cespitosa Dana, 1846) MCZ, geounit French Polynesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Unknown type MTQ G56546, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Unknown type WAM 503-84, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Unknown type WAM 525-85, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

From editor or global species database

Biology zooxanthellate [details]

Unverified

Remark Original combination in Sheppard (1998). Type locality: "Oceanus Asiatico" (Veron, 1986). [details]

Definitions

Language	Name
English	raspberry coralcauliflower coral	[details]
German	KeulenkoralleHimbeerkoralle	[details]
Japanese	ハナヤサイサンゴ	[details]

To Barcode of Life (36 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Pocillopora damicornis caespitosa Dana, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications) (from synonym Pocillopora cespitosa Dana, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (35 publications) (from synonym Pocillopora favosa Ehrenberg, 1834)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (88 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pocillopora damicornis)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (37633 nucleotides; 52167 proteins)
To GenBank (37633 nucleotides; 52167 proteins) (from synonym Millepora damicornis Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (37633 nucleotides; 52167 proteins) (from synonym Pocillopora caespitosa laysanensis Vaughan, 1907)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZCOE2186wholecolony) (from synonym Pocillopora cespitosa Dana, 1846)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (104 records) (from synonym Pocillopora damicornis caespitosa Dana, 1846)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (302 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (39 records) (from synonym Pocillopora cespitosa Dana, 1846)
To ITIS

From editor or global species database

Pocillopora damicornis

Unverified

To NMNH Extant Collection (IZCOE2186wholecolony)

Hosted externally, from synonym

To NMNH Extant Collection (IZCOE2186wholeupper)

Hosted externally, from synonym